Collection: Champagne Charpentier

The Charpentier family has been cultivating Champagne for eight generations and has long supplied its grapes to the cooperative, but in 2006 they began vinifying and selling grapes from their own vineyards.

The father of Jean-Marc Charpentier, who currently manages the domaine, was an agricultural engineer and head of a winemaking and viticulture school, where he trained many wine growers.

Jean-Marc himself studied at his father's school, and after graduating in 1988 he learned the know-how of grape cultivation under his grandparents, who work as wine growers.

The first thing he did after going independent was to vinify grapes in individual plots, which allowed him to accurately express the unique characteristics of each terroir.

In order to promote the production of champagne based on his own philosophy, he then converted 24 hectares of vineyards to organic farming, and began practicing biodynamic farming in 2009.

The domaine is located in the village of Charly-sur-Marne in the Vallée de la Marne region and owns 72 plots around the area.

While other producers in the region plant over 90% Pinot Meunier, Charpentier's vines are 45% Chardonnay, with the rest being Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir.

This unique characteristic has a significant influence on the taste, resulting in distinctive champagnes, such as cuvées made from small plots of land and special cuvées from individual plots that are aged on the lees for up to seven years.